Aija Kukule,Līga Kreicberga-Dāvāja Māriņa/Миллион Алых Роз

Composer - Raimonds Pauls Singers - Aija Kukule and little Līga Kreicberga Song "Māriņa gave/Dāvāja Māriņa" is the winner in contest "Mikrofona Aptauja" in 1981. This melody is used and made famous with song "Million Roses/Миллион Алых Роз", sung by Alla Pugacheva. DĀVĀJA MĀRIŅA When in childhood, in childhood They did me wrong, I made haste, made haste To find mother then at once, To seize, to seize By hand in her apron, And mother to me Chuckled and said so: CHROUS Gaved, gaved, gaved Maria For a girl, for a girl, for a girl the lifetime Forgot, forgot, forgot to give along For a girl, for a girl, for a girl happiness. So time went by, time went by, And mother doesn't stand next to me. All by myself, by myself Have to deal with everything already, But in the moments those, moments those, When heart aches in weight of pane, To myself, to myself, Chuckled I say so: CHROUS Then all is forgotten, forgotten In worries of my days, Until suddenly, suddenly By surprise I jump up, Because hear I, hear I, That by oneself, Whispers silently, silently Already my daughter smiling so: CHROUS